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Principal newspapers and journals
The Daily Chronicle
Daily Express
Daily Mail
The Daily News
The Drapers Record
English Woman’s Journal
Forget-Me-Not
The Pall Mall Gazette
The Shop Assistant
The Spectator
Store Management
The Times
T. P.’s and Cassell’s Weekly
Votes for Women
Women’s Industrial News
Principal store archives and store journals
Co-operative News
The Gazette (John Lewis)
Harrodian Gazette
Harrods Store Archive, Harrods, London
House of Fraser Archive, University of Glasgow Archive Services
John Lewis Partnership Archives Collection, Heritage Centre, Cookham
Marks and Spencer Company Archive, University of Leeds
The Sainsbury Archive, Museum of London Docklands
Selfridges Archives Collection, Selfridges, London
Sparks Magazine
Whiteley’s Store Archives, City of Westminster Archive Centre
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